Mad Cow Disease?

[damo]

They are saying that you can't get the disease from eating the muscle or drinking the milk. In order to get the disease you must eat the diseased tissue, which is the brain. Perhaps that is why they are saying that the meat supply is safe. But then, why wasn't the Canadian meat supply safe? Japan and Korea have already banned the import of US beef.

Irradiation also denatures the protein content of the beef.

Remember when Oprah was sued for her show about Mad Cow disease?

 

[Puffy2]

Perhaps to the include "brain" in "ground beef"?

I haven't served beef at home for about...4 years?

 

[cati]

Ok, eating words. It is on the news now. Guess I opened my mouth and inserted foot too soon.

 

[FreshTressa]

Yikes, I LIVE in Washington State. We had spaghetti for dinner and I bought hamburger to put in it, but when it came dinner time, I couldn't put it in.

I want to wait and see before we eat any more beef.

 

[jjcollins]

mudnuri - never heard of tongue and cheek -- i guess not.

PS - don't forget it was the Irish and scots who made your great country -- and i'll be back again sometime for a great U.S.D.A Steak yummmmmm

 

[Dimplenose]

I live in UK and still find it hard to eat beef although it is tested before sale. However it's hard to avoid beef products altogether as many items contain gelatine - even things like yoghurt sometimes use it.

Libby

 

[jue]

During our mad cow scare here in the UK our country was banned from exporting to any other country, also beef on the bone was removed from sale. The crisis just about wiped out the cattle stocks at the time , we had hugh cremations of cattle all over the country to remove the infected stock. Where I live is quite rural and it was common place for me to see fields of cows every day, since the BSE crisis the fields have been mainly empty, only just now am I begining to see the cows reappering.... it's taken years to build the stocks of cattle back up to a reasonable level.
I rarely eat beef any more this has just put me off completely, I guess the US government will do its best to limit the spread of the disease.

 

[Christine]

Originally posted by Manda1219
Ok they just added more to the story:
It was found in a cow, not in the meat. This cow was sick and/or injured and not destined for slaughter, so maybe we can breathe a little easier! The farm has since been quarantined.

Sorrry.....but according to CNN's report, the meat did enter the meat supply and went to at least two processing plants. Apparently, the cow was "sick" on arrival to the slaughterhouse. Based on that, they had to test the cow but it can still be slaughtered. The brain and spinal cord were removed for testing but the muscle meat was sent for processing. According the CNN's report, someone was trying to pass a law where no "downed" cow could be slaughtered, but it was rejected!

I am certainly NOT against the U.S. at all, but we have definitely not taken the precautions we should have, even after seeing how much trouble Great Britain has had and then the latest Canadian scare. Hell, we know what causes it (cheap feed from diseased sheep) yet we still allow this stuff to happen in this country. It's SO about money. Well, now they are going to really feel the pinch. It is a shame this had to happen but maybe they will now pay attention.

Also, Mad Cow and BSE is caused by a "prion" which is a really weird *thing*. It's not a bacteria, virus, or even living I don't think. It is impossible to kill it. I was hoping someone could explain the behavior of prion more to me. I don't undertand it all that well.

 

[Goofyish]

Prion Explained:

http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/3035/prions.html

 

[jjcollins]

So Tim can i still have Garlic butter with my U.S.D.A - Steak



jj...........

 

[babar]

I love how people get so excited when they find out the U.S. has a problem! Don't worry Canada, they are imposing bans on our beef too, you aren't alone.

 

[waughzee]

This was a DAIRY cow that was diagnosed with Mad Cow Disease in Washington State. Dairy cows are not slaughtered for beef.

 

[BWVDenise]

I wish they would come up with ONE story and STICK to it!

 

[jjcollins]

waughzee so the steaks are ok then -- what about the milk??



jj..........

 

[waughzee]

The milk has never been an issue JJ. Maybe you should read up on it sometime.

 

[gina2000]

I think there's a mad cow on this thread......

 

[jjcollins]

Maybe you should read up on it sometime

I think your right i should -- and i have

Dr. Grady A. Deal, Ph.D., D.C

The active pathogen for Mad Cow disease appears to be prion, a protein that enters the cow's body when it eats feed made from sheep and cows infected with the same disease. Prion proteins can not be destroyed by heat, when the infected meat and inedibles are cooked at high temperatures before being made into animal and pet foods. Pasteurization, as in milk pasteurization, does not kill prions. No test can detect prions in a live animal. Prions can lie dormant in the body for years or decades before becoming active and killing its victims: cows, pigs, cats, dogs, monkeys, etc. Mad Cow disease is always fatal with no known cure.


Or this


Yesterday (January 29, 2003), the Japan Times revealed a story that now becomes stage one of Japan's worst nightmares. The etiology of Mad Cow Disease in Japan has been traced to a milk-based feed given to dairy cows.

The infectious protein fibril (prion) responsible for Mad Cow Disease may have an incubation period of up to 40 years. Japan now waits for the human form to appear in their population, just as it did in Great Britain.

www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20030129a9.htm

This news should come as no surprise. After all, milk is actually white blood, and scientists suspect that blood transmits Mad Cow Disease. In order to insure the safety of America's blood supply, the Food and drug Administration now prohibits the giving of blood in America if the donor has lived in England for 3 months or more.

FDA scientists recognize that blood is a means of transmission. So is milk. That has now been confirmed.

Each day, a typical dairy cow filters 10,000 liters of her own blood through her udder. The udder captures blood cells and other blood proteins. In 2002, the average liter of milk sold in America contained 322 million dead white blood cells.



jj............

 

[zakatak]

It is great being a vegetarian (no dairy).

 

[caitycaity]

i'm not sure where people are reading it was a dairy cow. on cnn.com they clearly state that it was a slaughter cow and that the farm under quartine is a slaughter farm. beef has been recalled b/c the cow was slaughtered.

 

[EsmeraldaX]

I am not going to stop eating beef because I only eat beef in moderation anyway. I would never become a vegetarian because I believe that in the circle of life , humans were made to be able to eat both plants and animals, and to stop eating animals would be unnatural. I've tried vegan food and makes me nauseos.

I have eaten beef, chicken, turkey etc all my life. I have never had any health problems, nor am I overweight.

And I'm not worried about getting mad cow.